OSA Launches Online Journal

Photonics.comFeb 2009
The Optical Society of America (OSA) has published the first issue of its review journal, Advances in Optics and Photonics. The online quarterly publication consists of invited reviews and tutorials focusing on advances in the fields of both basic and applied optics and photonics. Future issues will feature peer-reviewed letters to the editor and interactive animation and video. For a limited time, OSA is providing free access to the journal; the tutorials will remain accessible indefinitely. For more information, visit: www.osa.org

The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...